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Oldest Multiskan entry by Wenche Okstad TorsteinbŲ, Lab Leader. Norwegian school of Veterinary Medicine, Sandnes
My first meeting with the Titertek Multiskan PLUS was on 11th February 1989, the day I started work at The Section for Small Ruminant Research, part of the Norwegian School for Veterinary Science in Sandnes. Although we have both grown older, we are still in good shape!
My first task with the Multiskan was to establish an ELISA method for detecting Toxoplasma antibodies in serum from sheep. Later, we were also involved in several projects concerning Toxoplasma gondii. Over several years we have also been using the Multiskan to screen for Eperythrozoon ovis (ep. ovis) to exclude this Gram negative bacteria in our animals used in trials.
The Multiskan was brought to the institution in 1988. Earlier it had been used at Rikshospitalet in Oslo and the Instruction Manual for the system dates back to 1985. Today, the instrument is still used for Toxoplasma as well as new areas including relaxin and prion protein ELISAs.